Beaumont man drowns in Keith Lake

Updated 2:50 pm, Saturday, July 19, 2014

A Beaumont man drowned after falling into the water near the Keith Lake Bridge in Port Arthur on Saturday morning.

Police say Tychicus Sims, 22, attempted to swim to shore after falling into a waterway off Texas 82, but a strong current overcame him.

Members of the Port Arthur Fire Department and Texas Parks & Wildlife Department tried to locate Sims in the water, but they did not find his body until two hours after Sims entered the water, according to a news release.